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1.1 Political and Governmental Change - Nazi Dictatorship Flashcards

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1
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When was the Reichstag fire?

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27 Feb 1933

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Who did the Nazis say was responsible for the Reichstag fire?

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Van de Lubbe - young dutch communist

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What did the Reichstag Fire mean the Nazis could do?

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stir anti-communist propaganda
gain financial support from industrialists fears of communism
Hindenburg declared a state of emergency - govern by decree

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What law did Hitler pass in the state of emergency after the Reichstag fire?

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Decree for the Protection of the People and the State

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What was the outcome of the 5 March 1933 election?

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Nazis - 288 seats
DNVP - 52 - coalition to have Nazis in power
communists - 81 - banned from taking their seats

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When was the Decree for the Protection of the People and the State?

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28 February 1933

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What did the Decree for the Protection of the People and the State do?

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legal to arrest political opponents
take people into ‘protective custody’ without a trial
censor the media eg. ban opposition newspapers

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When did the Reichstag reopen and what was it like?

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21 March 1933
ceremony with Hitler and Hindenburg under old Empire flags and the swastika

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When was the Enabling Act passed?

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24 March 1933

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What was the outcome of the vote for the Enabling Act?

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444 for
84 against (SPD)

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When was the Enabling Act renewed?

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1937

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What did the Enabling Act do?

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Hitler could pass laws without the Reichstag

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When was the SPD banned?

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22 June 1933

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When were all other partied banned, to make Germany a one-party state?

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14 July 1933

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When did Hindenburg die?

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2 August 1934

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What new role did Hitler create for himself after Hindenburg died?

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combined President and Chancellor to Fuehrer

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How did Hitler legally become Fuehrer?

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confirmed by plebiscite 19 August 1934

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When was the Night of the Long Knives?

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30 June 1934

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Why did the Night of the Long Knives happen?

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SA was seen as brutal and unpopular
Rohm was becoming increasingly critical of Hitler

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What happened in the Night of the Long Knives?

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Rohm and senior SA officers shot
several hundred people murdered by SS over next few days eg. Von Schleicher
SA continued operating but very reduced

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What was the hierarchy in place across the dictatorship?

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Fuehrerprinzip
strict hierarchy
every level had someone in charge
all worked towards the Fuehrer

22
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How many laws did the Reichstag pass 1934 - 45?

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What did the Law for Civil Service do?

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Nazi opponents could be removed from the Civil Service

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When was the Law for Civil Service?

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What is an example of an old ministry that remained?
foreign ministry
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What are 2 examples of new ministries set up by Hitler?
Bureau Rippentrop - overlapped with foreign ministry and favoured Reich Propaganda Ministry - headed by Goebbels
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What did Hitler do to try and stop opposition in his government?
abolished cabinet meetings
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When was the Law for the Reconstruction of the Reich?
30 January 1934
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What did the Law for the Reconstruction of the Reich do?
transferred Landers power to the federal government - centralised state and unified administration
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How were the regions of Germany run?
centralised state Gauleiters and Civil Service took over - conflict with each other
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What happened to the Gestapo in 1936?
taken over by Himmler's SS
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What did the Gestapo do before WW2 started?
ran concentration camps initially for political opponents
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What were all government employees forced to do in WW2?
join the Nazi party
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What did the SS do during WW2?
took over some administration ran 'racial policy' - non-Germans expelled, isolated, forced labour or murdered
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What was the change in numbers of SS?
1939: 240,000 1944: over 1 million
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What was set up in the government at the beginning of WW2?
new ministries eg. each armed forces to coordinate supplies, troops, etc.
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When was the Ministerial Council for the Defence of the Reich set up?
30 August 1939
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What did the Ministerial Council for the Defence of the Reich do?
coordinate domestic affairs to support the war effort
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When and why was the Ministerial Council for the Defence of the Reich disbanded?
November 1939 Hitler did not like group meetings
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What did the SS do as the German army marched East?
cleared the 'undesireables' from the land for Lebensraum
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How was the country divided in WW2?
13 military districts, own RVK organised home front activities eg. rationing, Volkssturm (Homeguard)
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What had to be set up as the German army took Lebensraum?
11 Reichsgau (Regional governments)
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What did the Reichsgau do?
allocate land to incoming Germans ran area as part of Germany
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How were the Poles viewed?
untrustworthy - used for hard labour only, leaders shot to prevent organised resistance forming
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What happened to Southern Poland?
'colony' - dumping ground for undesireables
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What happened to the rest of Poland?
absorbed into Third Reich and Germanised 500,000 Germans moved to Warthegau, 500,000 Polish deported East
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How did the Gauleiters become increasingly powerful?
1942 - British bombing - coordinated civil defence Aug 1944 - Decree for the Implementation of Total War mobilisation - gave control over local bureaucracy
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When did Hitler commit suicide?
30 April 1945
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When did Goebbels commit suicide?
1 May 1945
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When was Germany's final surrender?
7 May 1945

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